NEWS & MEDIA

29 NOVEMBER 2023

NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPG BRIEFING PAPERS

Our network members have been involved in the All Party Parliamentary Group on Restorative Justice, and the new briefing papers are available to read here

Dr Jon Hobson leads on Workstream 4: Building an evidence base for recording and evaluation. 

As a network, we are particularly interested in exploring Restorative Justice Interventions as a transdisciplinary approach, and will be considering how our different disciplines may build on restorative practice currently in a future blog post! 

5 JULY 2023

TRYJUSTICE SEMINAR IN BIRMINGHAM

We had a fantastic meeting in Birmingham on Monday 3rd July 2023

1 JUNE 2023

RE-ENGAGING YOUNG OFFENDERS WITH EDUCATION AND LEARNING

RENYO aims to enhance educators’ capability to re-engage young people in secure custodial settings with education and learning.

1 JUNE 2023

CONNECT WITH OUR NETWORK ON LINKEDIN!

Connect with our network on LinkedIn to hear more about what our members are working on, and the transdisciplinary work we are doing to help children in contact with the law have better life chances. 

1 MAY 2023

NEW PROGRAMME AIMS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON LEAVING CUSTODIAL SETTINGS

Dr Shafi, Associate Professor at the Univesrity of Gloucestershire collaborated with partners from the UK, Italy, France and Greece on the EU-funded Skills4Life After Prison Curriculum.

The Curriculum aims to support young people in custodial settings to integrate back into the community at the end of their sentence, focusing on self-development, working with others, life skills and moving into employment or training.

1 APRIL 2023

ACTIVE GAMES 4 CHANGE

Helping children who have been in contact with the law to reintegrate into society and to reach their full potential.

Click here for further information

1 MARCH 2023

DOES THE UK HAVE A YOUTH CRIME PROBLEM?

Steve Case, author of Criminology, discusses youth crime in the UK and its perception in the media, by the general public, and by politicians.

1 FEBRUARY 2023

SOLVING THE YOUTH CRIME 'PROBLEM'

Steve Case is a criminologist focused on improving the treatment of children and young people who commit crime. This talk traces the evolution of youth crime into a phenomenon persistently misrepresented as an escalating social epidemic. 

1 JANUARY 2023

CO-CREATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM

There have been a number of studies around participatory practice,
including in a youth justice context over the last few years. But there
is still a need to understand the complex cultural and environmental
factors at play where participation and co-creation thrives in a youth
justice context. And in particular to involve the voices of those who
directly experience YJS, and those that work in them, in applying a
participatory approach in practice.

1 DECEMBER 2022

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF BRAIN TRAUMA IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND PRISONERS

Professor Huw Williams, Co-director of the Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research at the University of Exeter, looks at the impact of brain trauma in young people and prisoners and the costs to society and how early interventions can help diagnose and treat the problem.

1 NOVEMBER 2022

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

Professor Huw Williams and Hope Kent discuss the sometimes hidden impact of traumatic brain injury and its prevalence in the criminal justice system in an article for the Magistrates Association

1 OCTOBER 2022

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND CRIME

Traumatic brain injury can make people less able to control their reactions, and is linked to crime. But should people with brain injuries be in prison? Professor Huw Williams discusses the evidence for BBC Radio 4 

1 SEPTEMBER 2022

NEURODISABILITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH GROUP

Find resources, research, and news relating to neurodisability (including traumatic brain injury) and the criminal justice system here.